On the trail of early birds: A review of the fossil footprint record of avian morphological and behavioral evolution

Trends in Ornithology Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-47

  Lockley, Martin G ^a   Harris, Jerald D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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